Watch the Illustrator Do His Thing. That Thing He Do.

Speaking of blogs, mark this one under the cool illustrator section of your blogroll. Over the next few weeks or so, illustrator Matt Tavares will be showing you the process by which he creates the illustrations for Lady Liberty: A Biography, written by Doreen Rappaport. You may recall Mr. Tavares from his jaw-droppingly stunning pics for the E. Nesbit version of Jack and the Beanstalk that came out last year. You didn’t see it? Uh… do that. Do that thing right now.

Elizabeth Bird is currently New York Public Library's Youth Materials Collections Specialist. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of NYPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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Features everything from librarian previews of upcoming children's books to news, reviews, and videos. If it has something to do with children's literature, it will rate a mention here.

Betsy Bird is the Youth Materials Specialist of New York Public Library. She's reviewed for The New York Times and Kirkus, writes articles for Horn Book and SLJ, and wrote the picture book Giant Dance Party. You can contact her at Fusenumber8@gmail.com or follow her on . . .